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<blockquote data-quote="Marg's Man" data-source="post: 102178" data-attributes="member: 4085"><p>This getting to the point where the original thread has drifted. In another forum I would be starting a new thread but I don't know how here.</p><p></p><p>Marg phrased her post badly (unusual). </p><p>What we Aussies call thongs is footwear and has been forever. When then buttock flossing underwear came in we also called THAT thongs. Now you just have to get the meaning from the context - although it DOES make for some good (if slightly 'off' jokes).</p><p></p><p>Don't get us started on Uggs. About 40 years ago a small shoe company over here had a glut of sheepskins they didn't know what to do with. So they made a warm boot out them with the wool on the inside. They called them "Uggs" because they looked like something a cave man might wear. They caught on - BIG TIME. Marg's worn them in winter for as long as I've known her (35 years now).</p><p></p><p>About 5-10 years ago a US company thought it was a good idea and trademarked the name worldwide and sent our little company a 'cease and desist' letter. They claimed they had the genuine item when all they really had was the name. Apparently they are not even made in the US but elsewhere (I could be wrong about this detail)</p><p></p><p>It took a while (don't all legal matters?) but it was eventually thrown out on the grounds that, in Australia, the term was in common usage and could not be trademarked. Australian companies still cannot call them Ugg elsewhere but if you want a GENUINE Ugg boot - buy an Aussie pair of sheepskin boots made in Australia!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marg's Man, post: 102178, member: 4085"] This getting to the point where the original thread has drifted. In another forum I would be starting a new thread but I don't know how here. Marg phrased her post badly (unusual). What we Aussies call thongs is footwear and has been forever. When then buttock flossing underwear came in we also called THAT thongs. Now you just have to get the meaning from the context - although it DOES make for some good (if slightly 'off' jokes). Don't get us started on Uggs. About 40 years ago a small shoe company over here had a glut of sheepskins they didn't know what to do with. So they made a warm boot out them with the wool on the inside. They called them "Uggs" because they looked like something a cave man might wear. They caught on - BIG TIME. Marg's worn them in winter for as long as I've known her (35 years now). About 5-10 years ago a US company thought it was a good idea and trademarked the name worldwide and sent our little company a 'cease and desist' letter. They claimed they had the genuine item when all they really had was the name. Apparently they are not even made in the US but elsewhere (I could be wrong about this detail) It took a while (don't all legal matters?) but it was eventually thrown out on the grounds that, in Australia, the term was in common usage and could not be trademarked. Australian companies still cannot call them Ugg elsewhere but if you want a GENUINE Ugg boot - buy an Aussie pair of sheepskin boots made in Australia! [/QUOTE]
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